COLUMBUS — Dayton Power & Light customers will not have to pay a $13 monthly fixed rate or customer charge on their bills, thanks to a settlement reached among the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and consumer and environmental advocates on June 22. The charge will increase to $7 per month, but this puts DP&L on par with what other utilities have charged for years and still represents a win for customers. The settlement also contained other pro-consumer features, including investments the utility will make in electric vehicle charging infrastructure in its territory and potential investments in energy efficiency.

Madeline Fleischer, Senior Attorney for the Environmental Law & Policy Center, which was a party to this case said, “We definitely hit some resistance about taking this number lower and I have to imagine part of the calculus was the solid public support for low fixed charges.” Similar fixed rate increases were rejected in the last year from Duke Energy and American Electric Power.

Thank you to all who submitted public comments on this case or spoke out at the hearings and congratulations.

Clean Energy votes

Members supporting clean energy in Ohio as of October 27, 2018

50,405 Ohioans have signed our support statement in person at their door.

2,050 members have sent postcards to Ohio legislators, urging them to fix the wind setback rule in Ohio

15,919 Ohio Citizen Action members have sent handwritten letters to their state legislators in support of clean energy.

7,830 Ohio Citizen Action members have called their state legislators, asking them to oppose HB239 a nd SB 155, the latest coal bailout requests by Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Dayton Power & Light and American Electric Power.